Chimpay
Sign in to saveChimpay is a municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina. It lies on the National Route 22 in the Mid Valley of the Río Negro.
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- Country
- Argentina
- Located in
- Avellaneda Department
- Elevation
- 158
- Time zone
- UTC−03:00
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Chimpay is a municipality in Río Negro Province in Argentina. It lies on the National Route 22 in the Mid Valley of the Río Negro.
Populated by the Tehuelche and the Mapuche before the Conquest of the Desert, lonco Manuel Namuncurá established himself there for years, after receiving lands there as a condition to surrender to the Argentine Government. The village is known as the birthplace of his son, blessed Ceferino Namuncurá, who dedicated his short life to help the locals.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Chimpay” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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